Features (18)

Coachella 2014 went down over the weekend, featuring acts such as OutKast, Arcade Fire, the Knife, Beck, the Replacements, and many more. Photographer Chris Tuite was there to take shots of the performances as well as some portraits of the artists backstage.

The 39-year-old NYC rap icon talks to Jayson Greene about the music of his life: making his brother buy him a Rick James record as a kid, learning life lessons from Big Daddy Kane in his teens, sidestepping the wrath of DMX, and more.

In light of Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city being anointed as an instant classic, columnist Andrew Nosnitsky dissects the idea of "classic" rap albums and explains how they can promote a limiting and regressive view of hip-hop.

Thanks to YouTube-- and hip-hop-- campaign songs have seen a bit of a resurrection this year. Here's a look at why everyone from Nas to Hank Williams, Jr. and Jay-Z to John Rich are singing about this year's presidential election-- and which tracks are actually worth hearing.

Pitchfork's 2006 year-end mania officially commences with the first of a two-day series in which we revisit the past 12 months, chronicling the ups, downs, and random sideways twists of the motley cast of characters who populate our news section.